Hazardous tasks are often a part of the construction or industrial daily routine. When dealing with Workers’ Compensation injury, do not suffer any more than you have to – be it the ache in your body or a pain in your wallet. Here at Portsmouth Physical Therapy, our costs and outcomes are among the best …
Craniosacral Therapy Isn’t Therapy At All
Published September 21, 2016 | Posted in Portsmouth PT Blog Posts.Plainly stated, craniosacral therapy (CST) is not medicine. It’s silly, non-scientific, most certainly ‘alternative’ and, while as far as massages go it can it be quite relaxing, but it is still medical fiction. Bunk. Fantasy. The Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, and Santa can get craniosacral therapy. If you are dealing with any real aches or …
Portsmouth PT Performed Free Fall Sports Athletic Physicals!
Published September 13, 2016 | Posted in Portsmouth PT Blog Posts.Portsmouth Physical Therapy, along with the medical doctors at Martin’s Point Healthcare (Pease Intn’l Tradeport), recently performed free fall sports athletic physicals. The event was a great success, providing these sports physicals to high school athletes at the beginning of their fall sports seasons. This exam is referred to as a preparticipation physical exam, or …
Proud to be the Sports Medicine Provider for Great Bay Community College
Published September 2, 2016 | Posted in Portsmouth PT Blog Posts.Portsmouth Physical Therapy is proud to be the official sports medicine provider for Great Bay Community College Athletics, supplying the athletic trainers for injury management and game coverage. Participating in both the Yankee Small College Conference as well as the United States Collegiate Athletic Association, Great Bay fields teams for the sports of men’s and …
Physical Therapy – For Prevention and Success in Athletes
Published August 23, 2016 | Posted in Portsmouth PT Blog Posts.With the summer winding down and students heading back to school, we’re now heading into football season. Players are training, both on the field and off, to have the best season that they can. They are conditioning themselves to not only become faster and stronger, but to build a body that can sustain the season …
The Most Intriguing Rings at the Olympics: Cupping
Published August 10, 2016 | Posted in Portsmouth PT Blog Posts.As the world is glued to their television sets for this summer’s Olympic Games, many are noticing sets of rings that aren’t the medals themselves, or the symbolic rings of the Games. Even before I thought to write this piece I was noticing the circular reddish maroon spots on the backs and shoulders of athletes …
What Does A Network of PT Partners Mean for the Patient?
Published July 30, 2016 | Posted in Portsmouth PT Blog Posts.We at Portsmouth Physical Therapy are proud to be part of the Pinnacle Rehabilitation Network. This is a group of physical therapists and practices that have become well-known and well-respected for our work in physical therapy over the last few years – both here in New Hampshire as well as throughout New England. Each partner …
Ten Things You Didn’t Know About PT
Published June 30, 2016 | Posted in Portsmouth PT Blog Posts.(1) The National Physical Therapy Month is each October, celebrating and recognizing the work that physical therapists do to improve the health and restore the motion of our nation’s citizens. (2) Physical therapists do not only perform their work in clinics or private practices. They can work in other settings such as hospitals, schools, and …
